The White House coronavirus briefing - some positive signs

US President Trump spoke first, I noted his comments about the drug he is hoping is effective here:

• US President Trump re hydroxychloroquine drug - "strong signs" it works on the coronavirus

Comments now from others, searching for reasons to be optimistic.

White House Coronavirus Coordinator Dr. Birx

• says New York's percent positive is starting to decline, but New Jersey is rising
• says there are hopeful signs in Spain and Italy after weeks of mitigation efforts
• while we will see rising numbers of people losing their lives in the days ahead, we should see a stabilization of cases

Vice President Pence

• says spoke to a number of state governors on Sunday and all of those states are seeing a trend of some levelling in coronavirus cases